Are you looking to create a colorful Easter display for your school with some new Easter Art Lesson Ideas? I have created 6 elementary, artist-inspired Easter art lessons. This is an easy way to make a connection to art history, as well as teach new art techniques and learn new art vocabulary. Here are my new Easter art ideas and how I teach them.

Jackson Pollock Inspired Hatching Chick

This is such a fun activity for Kindergarten artists. Students use marbles and liquid tempera paint to create action paintings just like Jackson Pollock. Once the paper is dry, they cut a large egg from the paper. Then, they cut the egg shape is cut in half with a zig zag line to resemble a cracking egg. On another paper, students draw the head and body of a chick. They use a crayon texture rubbing and watercolor to add color to the chick. Lastly, students glue the chick behind the egg and add movement lines to create the illusion of an adorable chick hatching from an egg.

Rene Magritte Inspired Floating Bunnies

Another fun collage lesson, perfect for 1st grade artists. After studying “Golconda”, students paint fluffy white clouds on blue paper. Students then use painted, patterned or magazine paper to cut bodies for their floating bunnies in a variety of sizes and glue the shapes on the painted cloud paper. Once the paper is dry, students draw heads, arms, and legs to the bodies to create floating bunnies in a variety of sizes. The surreal collage is sure to bring a smile to your face.

Ben Giles Inspired Easter Collage

This multimedia collage lesson will keep your 2nd grade artists engaged and excited. Students begin by creating a 6″ x 9″ paper weaving that will become an Easter basket. Then they cut strips of green paper and glue them onto the basket and fold them down to create textured grass in the basket. Lastly, just like Ben Giles, students use magazine paper to cut colorful eggs. They glue the paper eggs into the basket to create the illusion of space.

Henri Rousseau Inspired Bunny

Students take inspiration from Rousseau’s “Surprised!” painting to create a collage of a bunny in a flower bed. Students work collaboratively to create textured paper in a variety of colors. Then, they cut these papers into pieces and share amongst the tables to create flowers and leaves. Next, students follow along with my YouTube video and draw a bunny. They add shading with a pencil and add color to the ears. Lastly, the collage is assembled with the bunny in the center peeking through leaves and flowers. The finished collage is priceless!

Elizabeth Murray Inspired Relief Sculpture

My students begin looking at the colorful relief sculptures created by Elizabeth Murray for inspiration. Next, we divide a piece of tagboard in half. A large basket is drawn on one half of the tagboard and the other half is used to draw Easter related items in a variety of sizes. I provide my students with a handout of ideas, or they can create drawings on their own. Students use watercolors and markers to add color to their creation. Finally, the items are cut out and small pieces of cardboard are used to stack the items on the large basket. The relief sculpture is exciting to create and the results are always creative and unique.

Ester Roi Inspired Jelly Beans

Students study the hyper realistic paintings created by Ester Roi. Then, they try to gain the same realism when creating a series of jelly beans with oil pastels. Students may use a jelly bean tracer or free draw oversized jellybeans covering their paper. Next, they draw long oval shapes for highlights in each jellybean. They use a variety of bright colors to fill each bean with a solid color. Then, they add a darker color or neighbor color to trace around the edge of each shape. The colors are blended to create the illusion of a 3D form. Finally, they use one color to fill in the negative space. The results are stunning and realistic!

These six lessons are all included in my Elementary Easter Art Lessons Bundle.

Thanks for reading! – Trista

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